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Affirmative Action

2007-03-11T17:48:12Z

Iamneverwrong:

'''Affirmative action''' is an area in which government policy is contradictory.

The law of America is non-discrimination: the concept that race, sex, ethnicity, skin color, or country of national origin are not criteria which should be used in job selection. The original concept of affirmative action was that it is desirable to not merely act on non-discrimination passively (i.e., saying "this job is open to any applicant", but then making no efforts to find minority applicants), but should also be done ''affirmatively'', by taking definite actions to find applicants from minorities. This would be, in its way, admirable.

However, in current use, affirmative action goes beyond this, often mandating the use of quotas for setting aside jobs for each minority (including also some "minorities" which are actually majorities). In effect, this means selecting applicants by the color of their skin, precisely what the original concept of non-discrimination forbids. This is sometimes called "reverse discrimination," although this term is rather contradictory-- discrimination remains discrimination.

In short, "affirmative action" is an action that had an admirable origin, but has been taken to the point where it enforces the very discrimination that it had been intended to prevent. Trying to help minorities proves liberals are racist against whites.

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Nationalism

2007-03-11T17:43:43Z

Iamneverwrong:

Nationalism is a feeling of unity among a group of people, as in a sense of pride in their country. Lack of nationalism, or a desire for new nations, was a cause for the split of countries such as [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Austria-Hungary]]. It can be considered positive, as a form of [[patriotism]], but it can also go to extremes, leading to hatred of non-members of the [[nation]] (which is often ethnically defined) and violence. Examples of this negative nationalism are the [[Nazi Party]] in [[Germany]], the ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia, and the current isolationist policies of [[North Korea]]. Liberals always call patriotism nationalism because they hate it when people are patriotic.

Inalienable rights

2007-03-10T16:39:06Z

Iamneverwrong:

Inalienable rights are basic rights that cannot be taken away from someone, such as the right to life. These rights are endowed by God. Proof of this is that God never kills anyone, especially not in the Bible.

The [[Declaration of Independence]] describes inalienable (misspelled as unalienable) rights as the foundation for society, and if a sovereign (i.e., king) deprives those rights then the people may declare their independence.

Arthur Laffer

2007-03-10T16:32:26Z

Iamneverwrong:

Arthur Laffer (born Aug. 14, 1940) is a [[supply side]] economist who provided intellectual support for the tax cuts during the Administration of President [[Ronald Reagan]]. He served on Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board throughout the Reagan Presidency. It is unknown whether he provided intellectual support for the tax increases during the Reagan presidency.

The [[Laffer Curve]] is named after his promotion of the concept that, when tax rates are high, a decrease in tax rates can cause an increase in tax revenues. A reporter for the Wall Street Journal, Jude Wanniski, coined the term after seeing Laffer sketch the curve on a napkin. Previously economists mistakenly assumed that a tax rate close to 100% maximized tax revenues.

Lewis "Scooter" Libby

2007-03-07T00:04:53Z

Iamneverwrong:

Scooter Libby is a former deputy secretary of defense, national security advisor to the vice president, chief of staff to the vice president and private attorney. He was convicted of something that is not a crime.

User talk:Iamneverwrong

2007-03-07T00:03:13Z

Iamneverwrong:

Warning: your name is suspicious-sounding and your first entry is borderline obscene. Remember, this is a clean site. We block immediately for certain types of inappropriate entries, such as obscenity.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 18:59, 6 March 2007 (EST)

Response to Warning: my name is not suspicious sounding. it indicates the level of expertise i have in many areas. these areas tend to be areas that liberals think they are experts but they are wrong.

Contract Clause

2007-03-07T00:00:47Z

Iamneverwrong:

The Obligation of Contract Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that prohibits states from passing any law impairing contractual agreements. Article I, Section 10, clause 1 states, "No State shall ... pass any ... Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts ...." Many states have similar protections in their own state constitutions. For example, the Florida constitution states, "No [[bill of attainder]], [[ex post facto law]] or law imparing the obligation of contracts shall be passed." Art. I, Section 10.

Founder James Madison wrote in The Federalist No. 44, "Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts, are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation."

This clause prevents states from passing laws that interfere with existing contracts between private parties, or contracts between a private party and the state. In two early Supreme Court decisions, Chief Justice John Marshall used this clause to invalidate state laws that interfered with prior grants by the state in ''[[Fletcher v. Peck]]'' (1810) and ''Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward'' (1819). These decisions held that a state could not abrogate (nullify) its own prior contracts with private parties.

In the 20th century, the Supreme Court began allowing states to interfere with prior contracts in the interest of safety, health, morals and the general welfare. The leading case was ''Home Building & Loan Ass'n v. Blaisdell'' (1934), which allowed a state to impose a moratorium (suspension) on mortgages in combatting deflation during the Great Depression. The Supreme Court later expanded governmental power to interfere with contracts in ''Exxon Corp. v. Eagerton'' (1983), when a "broad societal interest" was the basis for government to prevent Exxon Corp. from enforcing a contractual right to pass an increased tax onto consumers.

An interesting question is whether the Obligation of Contract Clause has only a retroactive effect in protecting contracts already formed, or also has a prospective application to protect the right to enter into future contracts. The view of prominent Professor Richard Epstein is that states may change the rules governing future contracts only to provide greater stability and security in contractual obligations. Examples include a statute of limitations, a statute of frauds and recording acts.

Everything about society and the economy has gotten worse since Lochner v New York. Most commentors agree that when the Supreme Court is no longer activists they will resolve this problem.

Greek drama

2007-03-06T23:57:35Z

Iamneverwrong:

A theatrical tradition from Ancient Greece between 600 and 200 B.C. It often included scenes of homosexual intercourse, which is why the Greek kingdom fell before the forces of Christianity.

Racism

2007-03-06T23:55:33Z

Iamneverwrong:

Racism is the hating of another person because of their color of their skin.

People who ARE racist:

Al Sharpton (proof: doesnt do the same thing about black racists)

Jesse Jackson (proof: same)

People who ARE NOT racist:

George Allen (proof: macaca is a haircut)

Strom Thurmond (proof: had a african american baby)